[tonystubblebine]

I filed this article under a personal category of "slow is better." I think there's too much emphasis on speed, which is really just a bias to think that the goal of doing something is merely to have completed doing it.

It's not just speed reading that gets this wrong, it's also book summaries, and listening to podcasts on 1.5x.

The point of a lot of writing is to transform you either directly or by allowing you time to think and make connections between the book and what's in your own head already.

Articles like this reframe the goal to be about quality. What bigger goal is reading supposed to do for you? A lot of times slowing down and applying reading skills (even note taking) is actually a better way to achieve your bigger goal for why you want to read something.

And if it's not worth slowing down, then is it worth reading at all?

[kiddico]

"listening to podcasts on 1.5x."

Some people just talk waaaayyy tooo sssllloooow for my liking. If I want to think about what was just said I can pause it and think. But if they talk so slow that I've already forgotten what the beginning of the sentence was... we've got an issue.

The mediums are different, and I think you should use the strengths of the medium when available.